Here’s How Much Epic Games Store Paid for Each of Its “Free” Games

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GameDiscoverCo agency founder and industry insider Simon Carless has shared a document that reveals how much Epic Games paid for its free Epic Games Store titles in its first year of operation, as well as other interesting insights such as the amount of entitlements and the amount of new Epic accounts that each title managed to generate. The most expensive deals were for Warner Bros.’ Batman: Arkham Collection and survival action-adventure game Subnautica, which cost Epic $1,500,000 and $1,400,000, respectively. Epic Games spent the least on 4A Games’ Metro 2033 Redux ($0) and adventure puzzle game Rime ($4,500)...

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[Denpepe]

Yeah, and 146 milion for borderlands 3 exclusivity https://www.pcgamesn.com/borderlands-3/epic-exclusive-deal

 

[Armenius]

Conversion rate of users downloading free games to becoming paying customers is a mere 7%

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[Burticus]

I will admit I think I have only paid real money for maybe 2 or 3 Epic games. But I claim all the free ones, because hey, free.